Table of Contents

FOREWORD vicscccccsscccsssssccsssscccssssscsssseccessssecesssscecsssscesssccussssceussascnsssaecusas Ill CHAPTER I

THE EARLY YEARS .occccscccsccsccsscssssesscscccssccssscsscseecsssessseescseecaesessesescsaecneaues 9 CHAPTER II

THE INHERITANCE ou .csscccccscccsscessccsscssecssssscssecsascessseeecseeessseesecescsaneeeaaes 17

CHAPTER III HEADING FOR THE NEW WORLD ..e..cccsccessssessecesceceseecescecescecnececsseseness 29

CHAPTER IV

FARMING AND POLITICS .......ccccccscccssscessesessecessecsscecsseecssceceseecneeecsseeeness 39 CHAPTER V THE LEGISLATURE, THE FARM, AND SMALL CLAIMS COURT ......... 47

CHAPTER VI WILLIAM, THE FOURTH HOUSE, AND THE FINAL YEARS ......ecceeeee 57